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angiocardiography

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Examination of the heart and associated blood vessels using x-rays following the injection of a radiopaque substance.

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  • noun medicine A technique for radiographic examination of the heart chambers and thoracic vessels wherein a liquid radiocontrast agent is injected into the bloodstream, then the tissues are examined using X-rays.

Etymologies

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angio- +‎ cardiography

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Examples

  • At the same time; I carried out my first experiments in angiocardiography.

    Werner Forssmann - Nobel Lecture 1964

  • As for angiocardiography, this method has given strong new impetus not only to cardiology, but also to

    Werner Forssmann - Nobel Lecture 1964

  • Only four months after this publication, Moniz, Carvalho, and Lima were able to disclose rather better results. with them began the immense quantity of writing on angiocardiography.

    Werner Forssmann - Nobel Lecture 1964

  • Sharing with angiocardiography the ability to define the anatomical lesions, the catheter also quantitates the volumes and pressures of abnormal flow, thus defining for the surgeon both the nature and extent of the disorder.

    Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture 1964

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